XWind Studios recently announced the development of Trenton-Mercer Airport (KTTN) for Microsoft Flight Simulator. This joint civil-military airport serves Trenton in New Jersey and has a yearly average of 917,000 passengers.
The airport’s history is more than a century old. Its first airplane landing was in 1907 when it was just a small airfield on Alfred Reeder’s farm. It was opened to the public in 1929 as Skillman Airport.
It was used for aircraft testing during World War 2 when a nearby General Motors factory switched from building cars to Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers for the United States Navy. The facility was greatly expanded to accommodate the testing needs.
After the end of the war, it was returned to the county and renamed Mercer County Airport. However, it remained partially military, with a Naval Air Warfare Center, which only closed in 1997.
The airport’s name was changed again in 1995 to its current name (Trenton-Mercer Airport), after the city of Trenton, which is the state capital and county seat of Mercer County.
Many plans were made to replace the old terminal, which residents along the flight path opposed. As a compromise, they renovated it in 2013, bringing it up to standard.
An eventual replacement was finally drafted in 2021, considering environmental concerns, and with 125,000 square feet of total area instead of 24,780 from the old one. FAA approved the project a year later, and the terminal was set to reach completion by mid-to-late 2024, but construction had yet to start by May 2024.
It’s served by Frontier Airlines, with flights to Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Tampa.
The scenery will feature custom ground textures, custom buildings, an up-to-date ground layout, and more.
There’s no release date or pricing information yet, but Threshold will keep you informed!